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Adèle Geras was born in Jerusalem in 1944 and spent her early childhood in many different countries because her father was in the Colonial Service. Before she was eleven, She'd lived in Cyprus, Nigeria, and North Borneo and later her parents were also sent to the Gambia and Tanganyika (now Tanzania) where she used to join them for summer holidays. She went to boarding-school in England (Roedean School, Brighton) in 1955 and went on to read French and Spanish at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. She graduated in 1966. She has been an actress and singer and a teacher of French in a girls' school in Manchester before becoming a full-time writer in 1976. Since then, she has published more than ninety books for children and young adults. She has also written four novels for adults, all published by Orion. She now lives in Cambridge and has two grown-up daughters and three grandchildren.
Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction
Series
Fabulous Fantoras
1. Family Files (1988)
aka The Fabulous Fantora Files
2. The Family Photographs (1999)
1. Family Files (1988)
aka The Fabulous Fantora Files
2. The Family Photographs (1999)
Little Swan
1. Little Swan (1995)
2. Louisa's Secret (1997)
3. Louisa in the Wings (1997)
4. Louisa and Phoebe (1997)
5. Louisa on Screen (2001)
6. Good Luck, Louisa! (2002)
1. Little Swan (1995)
2. Louisa's Secret (1997)
3. Louisa in the Wings (1997)
4. Louisa and Phoebe (1997)
5. Louisa on Screen (2001)
6. Good Luck, Louisa! (2002)
Cats of Cuckoo Square
Blossom's Revenge (1997)
Picasso Perkins (1997)
Callie's Kitten (1998)
Geejay the Hero (1998)
The Cats of Cuckoo Square (2001)
Blossom's Revenge (1997)
Picasso Perkins (1997)
Callie's Kitten (1998)
Geejay the Hero (1998)
The Cats of Cuckoo Square (2001)
Redgate Academy of Performing Arts
1. Stagestruck (1999)
2. Lights, Camera, Action! (2000)
3. The Curtain Call (2001)
1. Stagestruck (1999)
2. Lights, Camera, Action! (2000)
3. The Curtain Call (2001)
Magic of the Ballet
Giselle (2000)
Sleeping Beauty (2000)
Swan Lake (2000)
The Nutcracker (2000)
The Firebird (2001)
Coppelia (2002)
Giselle (2000)
Sleeping Beauty (2000)
Swan Lake (2000)
The Nutcracker (2000)
The Firebird (2001)
Coppelia (2002)
Novels
Tea at Mrs. Manderby's (1976)
Apricots at Midnight (1977)
Beyond the Cross-stitch Mountains (1977)
The Girls in the Velvet Frame (1978)
The Painted Garden (1979)
Other Echoes (1982)
Voyage (1983)
The Christmas Cat (1983)
Little Elephant's Moon (1986)
Richie's Rabbit (1986)
Happy Endings (1986)
Finding Annabel (1987)
Fish Pie for Flamingoes (1987)
Up on the Roof (1987)
Pink Medicine (1988)
The Coronation Picnic (1989)
Bunk Bed Night (Clare and Tom Books) (1990)
Nina's Magic (1990)
The Glittering River (1990)
The Fabulous Fantora Photographs (1993)
aka The Fantora Family Photographs
Toey (1994)
Josephine and Pobble (1994)
Mimi and Apricot Max (1994)
Return of Archibald Gribbet (1994)
Voices from the Dolls' House (1994)
Candle in the Dark (1995)
Chalk and Cheese (1996)
Cinderella (1996)
From Lullaby to Lullaby (1997)
Doll's House (1998)
Rabbit Pet Pal (1998)
Gingerbread House (1998)
Lolly (1998)
The Six Swan Brothers (1998)
Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1998)
Troy (2000)
The Wedding Present (2001)
Sleep Tight, Ginger Kitten (2001)
The Taste of Winter (2002)
My Wishes for You (2002)
Facing the Light (2003)
Rebecca's Passover (2003)
Ballet Class (2003)
Time for Ballet (2004)
Hester's Story (2005)
Ithaka (2005)
Made In Heaven (2006)
A Hidden Life (2007)
Cleopatra (2007)
Dido (2009)
Cover Your Eyes (2014)
Love, or Nearest Offer (2016)
Apricots at Midnight (1977)
Beyond the Cross-stitch Mountains (1977)
The Girls in the Velvet Frame (1978)
The Painted Garden (1979)
Other Echoes (1982)
Voyage (1983)
The Christmas Cat (1983)
Little Elephant's Moon (1986)
Richie's Rabbit (1986)
Happy Endings (1986)
Finding Annabel (1987)
Fish Pie for Flamingoes (1987)
Up on the Roof (1987)
Pink Medicine (1988)
The Coronation Picnic (1989)
Bunk Bed Night (Clare and Tom Books) (1990)
Nina's Magic (1990)
The Glittering River (1990)
The Fabulous Fantora Photographs (1993)
aka The Fantora Family Photographs
Toey (1994)
Josephine and Pobble (1994)
Mimi and Apricot Max (1994)
Return of Archibald Gribbet (1994)
Voices from the Dolls' House (1994)
Candle in the Dark (1995)
Chalk and Cheese (1996)
Cinderella (1996)
From Lullaby to Lullaby (1997)
Doll's House (1998)
Rabbit Pet Pal (1998)
Gingerbread House (1998)
Lolly (1998)
The Six Swan Brothers (1998)
Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1998)
Troy (2000)
The Wedding Present (2001)
Sleep Tight, Ginger Kitten (2001)
The Taste of Winter (2002)
My Wishes for You (2002)
Facing the Light (2003)
Rebecca's Passover (2003)
Ballet Class (2003)
Time for Ballet (2004)
Hester's Story (2005)
Ithaka (2005)
Made In Heaven (2006)
A Hidden Life (2007)
Cleopatra (2007)
Dido (2009)
Cover Your Eyes (2014)
Love, or Nearest Offer (2016)
Collections
Apricots at Midnight: And Other Stories from a Patchwork Quilt (1982)
The Green Behind the Glass (1982)
Snapshots of Paradise (1984)
Letters of Fire and Other Unsettling Stories (1984)
My Grandmother's Stories (1990)
Golden Windows (1993)
A Lane to the Land of the Dead (1994)
Stories for Bedtime (1995)
Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories (1996)
Best of Friends (1997) (with others)
The Orchard Book of Opera Stories (1997)
The Random House Book of Opera Stories (1998)
The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories (1998) (with others)
My First Ballet Stories (2004)
Magic Beans (2011) (with others)
War Girls (2014) (with others)
A Wisp of Wisdom (2016) (with others)
The Green Behind the Glass (1982)
Snapshots of Paradise (1984)
Letters of Fire and Other Unsettling Stories (1984)
My Grandmother's Stories (1990)
Golden Windows (1993)
A Lane to the Land of the Dead (1994)
Stories for Bedtime (1995)
Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories (1996)
Best of Friends (1997) (with others)
The Orchard Book of Opera Stories (1997)
The Random House Book of Opera Stories (1998)
The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories (1998) (with others)
My First Ballet Stories (2004)
Magic Beans (2011) (with others)
War Girls (2014) (with others)
A Wisp of Wisdom (2016) (with others)
Anthologies edited
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